Spectacles.



UNITED STA -ENT EREDERIGK WILLSON, 3F READIRG, PENHISYILVMFTLA, ZiiifiEGIlOR *10 1. A. WILLSGN' &; $0., INQ, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, A GORPGRATIGN F ?ENNSYLVANIA,

BPZCTAGLES.

hesitation of Letters latent.

Patented June 18, 1918.

Application flied human 88, 1918. Serial No. 814,111.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Fnnnnnron Wrnnson, a citizen of the United States, residing at Reading, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spectacles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to spectacles in which the usual nose bridge connection between the separated lens framingsis supplemented by a brace connection adapted to give desired rigidity to the properly set Iramings; and it consists in the inte rally formed sheet metal device fully descri ed in connection with the accompanying drawing and the novel features of which are specifically pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 is a front view of my improved device shown applied to a pair of simple lens framings.

Fig. 2 is a top view of the device with the ironnected lens framings indicated in dotted mes.

Fig. 3 indicates the form of a flat sheet metal blank from which the device is produced.

The separate lens framings or rims A, A, may be of any suitable construction adapted to permit of securing thereto the side strips 5, 5 of my improved connecting device.

This device comprises as shown, first, a nose-bridgeband 6 formed with the usual semicircular curvature to engage the nose, the widened and suitably shaped frontal hearing portion 7, the sharply turned rearflqhn of this oint an; be obtained for are cents each, aearseefaaig dom -clone: of htutl,

ward extensions 8, 8 connectin with the re-' spective side strips 5, 5 alrea y referred to as serving to secure the device to the lens framings; and second, a bracing strip 10 running transversely above the nose bridge band 6 and connecting with the up er end of said side strips; the whole being orm integrally from a sheet metal blank as indicated in the flat in Fig. 3, which blank is made to provide proper material at all points for the bending and sectional shaping required to produce the finished device substantially as shown and described. The side strips 5, 5 which are conformed to the contacting lens framings, maybe conveniently secured to the latter by pin-welding or in other well known'manner.

It will be seen that this simple one-piece bridge-and-brace connection provides a nose support of the most satisfactory form and appearance, and with a reinforcement that insures proper maintenance of the lens setting, in an extremely-light and economical structure adapted to be readily secured to the separate lens framings.

What I claim is:

In combination with separate lens framings, a one-piece sheet metal connection comprising 'a lower nose-conformed bdige stri an upper bracin strip, and uniting si e strips conformed to the respective lens trainings.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FREE-EEISK WELLSQN. I

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